Shoe holder mount and shoe shine kit



Oct. 18, 1966 J. BowLEs y 3,278,970

I SHOE HOLDER MOUNT AND SHOE SHINE KIT Filed July l, 1964 INVENTOR JOHN BOIYLE'S BY Mfw A PRA/5X5.

United States Patent O 3,278 970 SHOE HOLDER MOUNT AND SHOE SHINE KIT John Bowles, 665 Westchester Ave., Bronx, N. Filed `Iuly 1, 1964, Ser. No. 379,456 6 Claims. (Cl. 15-267) The present invention relates to a novel shoe holder mount and shoe shine kit.

Various shoe holders have been provided in the past including mounting brackets to hold shoes firmly for polishing. The holders usually removably mounted on a fixed bracket, the holder being stored away when not in use.

While such devices of the past have been useful they are limited by the fact that the mounting bracket of the shoe holder is available only where set.

Mounting brackets must necessarily be firmly mounted. In many of todays modern apartments such mounting brackets of the past oftentimes pose a problem.

The plaster wall-s of apartments may be ill-adapted to firmly receive the shoe holder mounting bracket or even if so adapted, the mounting of such brackets may be prohibited by leases or tenant regulations in many buildings. Even walls or wooden structures in a home or apartment are not, in some cases, available or adequate for mounting shoe holder brackets.

According to the present invention, a portable mount is provided for a shoe holder bracket that obviates the need for wall mounting and can be used in combination with a kit for shoe shining.

Although such novel feature or features believed to be characteristic of the invention are pointed out in the claims, the invention and the manner in which it may be carried out, may be further understood by reference to the description following and the accompanying drawmgs.

FIG. l is a perspective view of the portable shoe holder and bracket mount in shoe shine kit form.

FIG. 2 is an end elevation of the opposite end of FIG. 1.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the two sections of the kit of FIG. 1 opened.

FIG. 4 is a side elevation of the shoe holder, bracket and mount in position for use.

FIG. is a section of FIG. 3 at lines 5 5.

Referring now to the figures in greater detail, where like reference numbers denote like parts in the various figures.

The shoe holder mount and kit 1 form an integral unit composed of the shoe holder mount section 2 and the shoe shine supply container 3. The two units 2, 3 are conveniently joined by separable snap latches 4 or other fastening means so that the kit 1 can be used as a unit and easily carried by the handle 5 as shown attached to the shoe shine supply portion 3, shown in FIG. 3 containing shoe supplies.

The shoe holder mount section 2 may separately function and includes a rotatable shoe holder mounting bracket support 6. The shoe holder mounting bracket support 6 may be retracted or folded away as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 5. The normal shoe holder mounting bracket 7 as best illustrated in FIG. 3 is firmly attached to the bracket support 6. The shoe holder mounting section 2 may be adapted, as shown in FIG. 3, to hold an adjustable shoe holder and a selection of toe supports 9.

To facilitate portability, the bracket support 6 is pivotally mounted, adapted to rotate approximately 270 degrees. In the stored-away position as shown in FIG. 3, the bracket support 6 is folded underneath the shoe holder mount section 2, the bracket 7 end resting in an inset 10 and held there by fastening means such as the hook latch 11 with a receiving eye 12 in the end of the bracket support 6.

A shaft 13 passes through the rotating end of the 3,278,970X Patented Oct. 18, 1966 bracket support 6. Sliding of the bracket support, 6 along the shaft 13 is prevented by spacers 14.

When rotated to its use position, the bracket support 6 is held firmly against loose movement by a pivoted angle brace bar 15 adapted to snugly fit into an opening 16 in the bracket support 6. A hinged cross brace 17 is latched behind the bracket support 6 to prevent backward rotation of the bracket support 6 and slippage of the brace 15 from its engagement in the opening 16.

The cross brace 17 is hinged on one end and includes a notch 18. When the mounting section 2 is folded away, the brace 15 may be engaged in the notch 18 as shown in FIGS. l, 2 and 3 and firmly held. One end of the brace bar 15 has an opening 19 and the brace bar 15 is mounted on the support section 2 by a U-shaped fixture 20 embedded in the outside Wall 21 of the mount section 2.

Thus the brace bar 15 is free to be moved into support position engaged in the lopening 16 or to be held from movement in the notch 18 when the cross brace 17 is engaged over it. The cross -brace 17 has fastening means illustrated by the hook and eye latch 22 shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 4.

In use, the sections 2, 3 of the shoe holder mount kit 1 are separated with the supply container 3 conveniently placed. The cross brace 17 is unlatched and swung, as shown in FIG. 2, away, freeing, the angle bar 15 and permitting the bracket support 6 to be rotated to a position at a right .angle to the outside wall 21 of the mounting section 2. The outside Wall has a cut-out portion 23 'which .acts as a stop for the brace support 6 and firmly holds the brace support 6 when the cross brace 17 is closed behind it land latched after the angle bar 15 has been engaged.

Once the brace support has been set up and secured, the shoe holder 8 may be mounted in the bracket 7 and a shoe 24 mounted as shown in FIG. 4 and ready for polishing.

The shoe shine supply container 3 is provided with an insert 25 to receive the extending end of the bracket support 6 when in closed position. The hook latch 11 and eye 12 are not necessary to hold the bracket support `6 from movement when the unit is used `as a combination kit 1.

The terms and expressions which are employed are used as terms of description, it is recognized, though, that Various modifications are possible Within the scope of the invention claimed.

Having thus described certain forms of the invention in some detail what is claimed is:

1. A shoe holder mounting bracket support comprising a base, a rotatable support mounted in the underside of said base adapted to pivot 270 to a vertical position, said rotatable support yadapted to receive a shoe holder mounting bracket, angulated brace means adapted to hold said support against free movement forward, and cross brace means adapted to hold said support against free movement backward.

2. A shoe holder mounting bracket support comprising an elongated "base, a rotatable support mounted in the underside of said base adapted to pivot 270 to a vertical position, said rotatable support adapted to receive a shoe holder mounting bracket, pivotal brace means adapted to engage said support in its upright position and hold it against free movement forward, and cross brace means adapted to hold said support against free movement backward.

3. A shoe holder mounting bracket support comprising an elongated rectangular base, a rotatable support mounted in the underside of said base adapted to pivot 270 to a vertical position, said rotatable support adapted to receive a shoe holder mounting bracket, rbrace means 9 adapted to hold said support against free movement forward, and hinged cross brace means adapted to hold said support against free movement backward.

4. A shoe holder mounting bracket support comprising an elongated base, a rotatable support mounted in the underside of said base adapted to pivot 270 to a vertical position, said rotatable support adapted to receive a shoe holder mounting bracket, said support including fastening means adapted to hold said support retracted beneath said base, brace means adapted to hold said support against free movement forward, and hinged cross brace means adapted to holdsaid support against free movement backward, both said brace means adapted to maintain said support in `an upright position.

5. `A shoe holder mounting bracket support compris- `ing an elongated base, a rotatable support mounted in the underside of said base adapted to pivot 270 to a vertical position, said rotatable support adapted to receive a shoe holder mounting bracket, brace means rotatbly mounted in said base and adapted to raise from a position in said base and engage said support to hold said support against free movement forward, and cross brace means adapted to hold said support against free movement lbackward and further Iadapted to hold said brace means from free movement lwhen said brace means is lowered into said base.

rotatably mounted in said baseV and adapted to be raised i from a position in said base and engage said support to hold said support againstfree movement forward, cross brace means adapted to hold said support Aagainst free movement backward, said cross brace means further adapted to hold said brace means from free movementl when said brace means is lowered into said base, and a cover said cover adapted to be fastened to said base, said cover including means for containing shoe polishing equipment.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,500,989 7/1924 Hadley 15-265 2,961,685 11/1960 Aiken 15-265 3,040,360 6/ 1962 Friedman 15-267 CHARLES A. WILLMUTH, Primary Examiner.

L. G. MACHLIN, Assistant Examiner. 

1. A SHOE HOLDER MOUNTING BRACKET SUPPORT COMPRISING A BASE, A ROTATABLE SUPPORT MOUNTED IN THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID BASE ADAPTED TO PIVOT 270* TO A VERTICAL POSITION, SAID ROTATABLE SUPPORT ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A SHOE HOLDER MOUNTING BRACKET, ANGULATED BRACE MEANS ADAPTED TO HOLD SAID SUPPORT AGAINST FREE MOVEMENT FORWARD, AND CROSS BRACE MEANS ADAPTED TO HOLD SAID SUPPORT AGAINST FREE MOVEMENT BACKWARD. 